7BR

Clinical Negligence; Inquests & Inquiries; Court of Protection

Rose Harvey-Sullivan enjoys a busy practice encompassing a range of Chambers’ specialities including clinical negligence, inquests, mental capacity (Court of Protection) and mental health, personal injury and human rights, particularly in relation to claims involving local authorities. She is ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500, and has been described as a Rising Star for several years running by the Legal 500.
Rose’s areas of practice often overlap; having a multi-disciplinary practice means that Rose often brings additional perspectives and expertise to a particular instruction, to the benefit of her client. She has particular experience of working with and for vulnerable clients, and is adept at dealing sensitively with clients who lack capacity, have disabilities, or are experiencing significant mental ill-health.

Rose is a General Editor and Contributor of Coroners’ Inquests and Investigations, the second edition of which was published in May 2025 by LexisNexis. She is also co-author of the Inquests and Court of Protection chapters in the APIL Personal Injury: Law, Practice and Precedents Service, and co-author of the Court of Protection chapter in the Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service looseleaf.

Rose’s personal injury work includes acting for victims of modern slavery and trafficking, bringing claims for compensation to facilitate them in rebuilding their lives. In 2023 she co-founded the Trafficking Compensation Action Group along with Jamila Duncan-Bosu of ATLEU, a leading anti-slavery charity, to bring together practitioners working in this field and to help share information and resources.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Rose studied English Literature at Queens’ College, Cambridge, and worked in prison reform in Bangladesh for the German government’s development agency.

Rose is qualified to accept instructions directly from clients and is registered under the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme, meaning that members of the public who seek specialist advice can come direct to her (via her clerks). In addition, she welcomes instructions from solicitors, in-house law departments, qualified foreign lawyers, and clients licensed by the Bar Council to give instructions direct to barristers under the Bar Council’s Licensed Access Scheme. For more information please visit our Direct Access page here.